Saturday, March 12, 2011

Exam Example Questions

Passage Identifications:  Please read carefully the following passages.  Identify:  1) the author of the quotation; 2) the name of the work it is from; 3) if possible, the speaker in the passage. THEN please write a short paragraph discussing the significance of the passage.  You may want to think about the author’s work(s) generally, the work itself, the genre of the work, any important and/or identifying characteristics of the passage.  Please choose 4 of the passages to write on.  Each will be worth 10 points:  1 for the author, 1 for the work from which it comes, 2 for the speaker, 6 for discussion of significance.

16. For forms of government let fools contest;



Whate’er is best administered is best:


For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight;


His can’t be wrong whose life is in the right:


In faith and hope the world will disagree,


But all mankind’s concern is charity:


All must be false that thwart this one great end,


And all of God, that bless mankind or mend.


Definitions:  Please define the following terms.  What text(s) do you associate them with and why?  These will be worth 5 points each—2 points for the definition, 3 for the association. 

Rousseau

Beauty Marks


There will also be some multiple choice questions.  Most of them will be reading checks. 

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